Computer Hacker Sentenced to One Year and One Day And Ordered to
Pay More Than $88,000 Restitution For Series of Computer Intrusions
and Credit Card Fraud

Defendant previously admitted defacing Air Force web site, hacking into
three other sites and

obtaining and using stolen credit card information

SACRAMENTO - Untied States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced today
that ADIL YAHYA ZAKARIA SHAKOUR, 19, of Los Angeles, California, was sentenced
by Chief Judge David F. Levi to one year and one day in federal prison,
a three year term of supervised release, and a $200 special assessment.
SHAKOUR was also ordered to pay $88,253.47 in restitution. As part of
his sentence, the court imposed special conditions restricting his computer
use during his supervised release following his release from federal prison.
On March 13, 2003, SHAKOUR pled guilty to committing fraud and related
activity in connection with computers, and credit card fraud, in violation
of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1030(a)(4), 1029(a)(2). According to court documents,
during an ongoing investigation, investigators with the Sacramento Valley
Hi-Tech Crimes Task Force and the FB Sacramento Office established that
SHAKOUR committed a series of unauthorized computer intrusions into four
separate computer systems inside and outside of California. Court documents
summarized that SHAKOUR hacked into the following four computer systems
during a thirteen month period:
On April 26 and 27, 2002, and May 3 and 6, 2002, a server at Eglin
Air Force Base, a federal military base in Florida, during which he
compromised the integrity of the system and defaced the web site;
On May 5, 2002, the computers of Accenture, a managment consulting
and technology services company, based in Chicago, Illinois;
On May 6, 2002, an unclassified network computer at the Sandia National
Laboratories in Livermore, California; and
Between August 2001 and May 10, 2002, and also on June 22, 2002,
and September 10, 2002, a computer of Cheaptaxforms.com, located in
Mathews, North Carolina, which is a subsidiary of Pro Systems, Incorporated.
During the hacking into the North Carolina site, SHAKOUR obtained credit
card and personal inforamtion from the website, which he then used to
purchase items for his personal use. The fraudulent credit card purchases
totaled approximately $7, 167.
According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark L. Krotoski, who prosecuted
the case, the plea agreemet contains Internet and computer restrictions
during SHAKOUR’s three-year term of supervised release. As part of his
sentence, the court imposed the following conditions: SHAKOUR agreed not
to use any computers within the Los Angeles and Sacramento County Library
or other public systems without the prior permission of his probation
officer. SHAKOUR agreed that he will not possess or use any computer programs
commonly used for computer hacking. SHAKOUR is subject to periodic unannounced
examinations of his computer equipment by the probation officer. The probation
officer may also install on his computers, at his expense, any hardware
or software systems to monitor his computer use.
The case was investigated by the Sacramento Valley Hi-Tech Crimes Task
Force and Federal Bureau of Investigation Sacramento Office with the assistance
of the California Attorney General’s Office, the Los Angeles County District
Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District
of California.
A copy of this press release may be found on the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s
website at: http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/cae/text_version/text_pressindex.htm.